Yeah, looking good, Gav.
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Yeah, looking good, Gav.
Damn those colour tone dyes are great.
Mmmm. Black Strat, nice.
Indeed very nice!
I'm glad this is behind you now Gav, hopefully the typical buildfest you produce is on the way. And as usual - they will be awesome
Thanks guys,
Well, I got the chance to get another layer of black dye on today. I'm pretty happy with the amount of colour. I think I sanded too fine to get a really deep black, but I do like the fact that I can still see the grain quite clearly on what I have. It's quite a trans-black look, edging towards even dark walnut. Hmm. Here's what it looked like after the second round of dye dried.
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After that I managed to get 2 soak coats of TO applied. Coat 1:
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and now just after coat 2 has gone on. I do think it's coming up nicely.
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I *may* chuck some Colortone dye into the next TO coat to darken the black a smidge, but I'm undecided. It's well past time I get started on the neck. I still have to cut the headstock shape, so hopefully I'll find more time this weekend to get that done.
Anyone else going to Sydney Supernova on Sunday 18th? I might see you there.
cheers,
Gav.
looks great Gav, maybe a darker edge would look cool, leave the rest as is. Good to see you back in the saddle buddy !
Does this have a standard strat tremelo ? What pups are going in ?
Thanks Woks,
Yeah it's got a standard strat tremelo, gold hardware at the moment, but I might change that up, not sure. I'm thinking about bareknuckle pickups, maybe a zebra Tonerider Rocksong in the bridge and maybe a noiseless Entwistle single coil in the neck. Not sure yet.
cheers,
Gav.
Great color so far. I wonder how it will look with gold hardware. Could be a killer ;)
Looking good Gav.. I just stained my ib-5 kit and it looks very similar to yours.. I'm am also contemplating gold hardware but not sure.. I may wait to see how yours looks with it if you go that route.. gonna look sweet no matter what..